Cal’s Tyrone Wallace named to Lute Olson Award mid-season watch list

Published 11:50 am, Friday, January 8, 2016

Cal point guard Tyrone Wallace was one of 31 players named Friday to the Lute Olson Award mid-season watch list.

The award, named after the longtime Arizona coach who reached five Final Fours, honors the the nation's top Division I player who has logged at least two seasons. Murray State’s Cameron Payne won it last year after averaging 20.2 points, 6.0 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game.

Wallace, who spurned a possible selection in the 2015 NBA Draft to return for his senior season, paces the Bears with 15.3 points and 4.5 assists per game. He enters Saturday’s game at Oregon State ranked 12th on Cal’s all-time scoring list with 1,440 career points.

Just one Pac-12 player, OSU guard Gary Payton II, joined Wallace on the mid-season watch list. The winner of the award will be announced April 1 in Houston.